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Author Marchetti, Michael P.

Title Protecting life on Earth : an introduction to the science of conservation / Michael P. Marchetti, Peter B. Moyle
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
Contents Environmental history -- Variation, natural selection, and evolution -- Species : the basic unit of conservation -- Climate and global patterns of distribution -- Ecology : individuals and populations -- Ecology : communities and ecosystems -- Biodiversity and extinction -- Value, economics, and the tragedy of the commons -- Conservation science -- Conservation and the legal system : USA -- Invasive species and conservation -- Restoration ecology -- Conservation in action
Summary Written to be accessible to any college-level reader, Protecting Life on Earth offers a non-technical, yet comprehensive introduction to the growing field of conservation science. This multifaceted exploration of our current biodiversity crisis delivers vivid examples throughout, including features on some of nature's most compelling wildlife. Beginning with a brief introduction to environmental history, the text introduces the central concepts of evolution and ecology, and covers several major issues related to the conservation of biodiversity including extinction, climate change, sustainabil
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index
Notes English
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Subject Wildlife conservation -- Textbooks
Ecology -- Textbooks
NATURE -- Endangered Species.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Ecology
Wildlife conservation
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author Moyle, Peter B.
LC no. 2009050655
ISBN 9780520947955
0520947959
1282660888
9781282660885
9786612660887
6612660880